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Currently on display in Ancient Egypt Gallery, Level 3, World Museum

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About this object

Copper alloy statue of Osiris. The ancient Egyptians believed the body of the god Osiris was buried at Abydos. When people visited this sacred place, some would leave behind small gifts such as this statue of Osiris. He is shown here wrapped as a mummy, holding a crook and flail, the symbols of kingship.

Excavated at Abydos by the University of Liverpool, 1907. Recorded as being from find location 250 A'07, of which there is no field notebook. Can be seen on negative no. A.100 in the photographic archive of the Garstang Museum of Archaeology, the University of Liverpool.

Publications

Author: Abdalla, AlyPublisher: Liverpool University PressDate: 1992Description: This is a comprehensive study of funerary stelae exhibiting mixed iconography from upper Egypt during the Roman period in Egypt. The first chapter is devoted primarily to the recovery of the records of the unpublished excavations of John Garstang at Abydos in 1907. The published accounts of the excavations at Coptos and Dendereh are also assessed. There then follows a catologue of 256 stelae (including 144 stelae excavated by Garstang), which are ordered by site. There are discussions of the iconography, style, workmanship, inscriptions and dating of the stelae. The funerary beliefs and customs reflected in the reliefs and texts are set within the general context of the Roman period in Egypt. A concordance of the Garstang stelae with their excavation numbers is included, as well as a list of the stelae categorized by type of scene. There is also a record of the distribution of the Graeco-Roman stelae from Garstang's excavations at Abydos and from Petrie's excavations at Dendereh.

Events

Start date:
1906End date:
1906Description:
Excavations carried out by Professor Garstang, on behalf of the Egyptian Excavations Committee, affiliated to the Univeristy of Liverpool Institute of Archaeology

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